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2016 Postmortem

Doctor Jack

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4. You see Dick Morris Say

Reply to Doctor Jack (Original post)

Wed Nov 7, 2012, 09:53 PM

Nov 2012

"We didn't expect turnout to be like 2008". Why the fuck not? The turn out in 2008 wasn't a fluke. Obama's coalition in 2008 didn't just disappear after they voted. It represented the new face of America and once that is going to keep moving in that direction.

Now of course that isn't to say white people don't matter. I'm a married white male (although i am not religious, at all) and I don't feel like there is some hostile force taking over this country and that it is a threat to me. What I see is that things are becoming more inclusive and more people matter than just what white Christians. Everyone is equal. White people matter, just like Blacks, and Hispanics, and Asians, and Muslims and Jews and Gays and Straights. Its all inclusive, we're all equal. That is what I think the Republicans fail to understand. This is just how it is now.

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Republicans Were Shocked By the Results Because They Don't Understand America [View all] Doctor Jack Nov 2012 OP

Everything you just said MynameisBlarney Nov 2012 #1

And then some. nt avebury Nov 2012 #14

yup. jaseycake Nov 2012 #2

I'd argue that WASPs would still have power aletier_v Nov 2012 #3

Excellent stopwastingmymoney Nov 2012 #18

You see Dick Morris Say Doctor Jack Nov 2012 #4

Well said Firebirds01 Nov 2012 #5

Evidently, demographics are an illusion. As shitheel Lindsay Graham said to Jonathan Martin... DollarBillHines Nov 2012 #6

Bravo! I was trying to formulate a post of the same outline... HooptieWagon Nov 2012 #7

That, and their extreme ability to ignore reality and replace it with things more to their liking Downtown Hound Nov 2012 #8

I was on the Free Republic the day before the election Doctor Jack Nov 2012 #9

Yeah, I read one thread over there in which some prominent Repuke said Pennsylvania Downtown Hound Nov 2012 #25

Mara *LIE*-ason on NPR this morning basically said corkhead Nov 2012 #10

Keep dismissing the people of this country Doctor Jack Nov 2012 #13

They also believe everybody ... daggahead Nov 2012 #11

Sooo true - they believe that everyone thinks the same way they do We People Nov 2012 #19

Lookie Here savebigbird Nov 2012 #12

Sheesh, that makes them sound racist and sexist. DCKit Nov 2012 #28

They were fooled by 2010. Jennicut Nov 2012 #15

Conservative (def) ffr Nov 2012 #16

I bet they try more of their faux diversity crap Doctor Jack Nov 2012 #17

I was shocked by your massively chunky paragraph, which is nearly unreadable (at least on my laptop) Snarkoleptic Nov 2012 #20

Politico Main Story CTDem44 Nov 2012 #21

or MATH krawhitham Nov 2012 #22

The GOP's mindset seems to be frozen in time circa 1988. They mastered the electorate that existed Midwestern Democrat Nov 2012 #23

That's just whining... they had their War On Women..that was REAL Cha Nov 2012 #24

I think WE Democrats also must admit kwolf68 Nov 2012 #26

+1 Norrin Radd Nov 2012 #29

You ain't wrong. Like you, I celebrate our diversity. nt DCKit Nov 2012 #27

Republicans think women are minorities. That's their problem in a nutshell. Alekei_Firebird Nov 2012 #30